Back once again for another round of observations on this week’s anime – with the exception for now of Saekano and Testament of Sister New Devil, which I didn’t get round to before writing this up. They’ll be back next week when I’ve caught up. (Yes, one week into the season and I’m already behind. The solution is probably DROP MORE STUFF. And we’ll get to that later…)
Anyway. Absolute Duo probably got the most stick from me last week, and is first up this week…
…and that genius idea of Random Imagination Sequence seems to have become Random Imagination Sequence OF THE WEEK. To which we can also add…
..the Slipped, Fell, Landed on his **** Sequence Of The Week. Sigh. Also, every time I see this in anime…
…I want the girl on the receiving end to turn around and give the male a proper kicking. And we saw from some of the scenes in this episode that Julie would be perfectly capable of doing it. At the moment, I’m just watching this to be able to pick holes in it each week. Moving quickly onwards, we have Assassination Classroom, which I see is often shortened online to AssClass. Ironic, given it’s probably got about the lowest ass-on-display content of any of this season’s shows. Best not to think too hard about the premise, though. For example:
…if he were moving that fast, surely we’d have a class full of dead students, from being in very close proximity to repeated sonic booms? But nothing confuses me more than Nagisa:
I mean, that face, that hair colour, that name, all scream ‘girl’ to me. But wait: shunned bottom class, a curriculum that involves violence with simulated weapons, and a character of indeterminate gender? It’s Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu season three… Next up, Unlimited Fafnir. ::takes deep breath::
Which by this scene would have you thinking dragons were great at emerging naked from the water for no apparent reason.
I don’t want to know who’s thinking what here.
::bites tongue::
::bites tongue VERY HARD INDEED::
::cracks:: So she wants to get to known the D better, ey!? Dear Japan: nearly everything makes it to the west these days. Please check your planned anime terms against common colloquial use in English, because now half of anime fandom is going to be making D jokes every time this airs. Sigh. Moving on to Gourmet Girl Graffiti…
The otaku life in one shot.
Inspired doujinshi in 3..2..1.. Appropriately enough, some of the facial impressions in this I’ve only ever glimpsed in hentai. Even the best food ISN’T THAT GOOD, girls. And since my ‘cute girls doing nothing but x’ limit was passed a looooong time back, this goes onto the dropped list. Next up: Jojo’s Egypt Arc (buggered if I’m going to type the full title for that).
Is it just me, or does that pattern on the inside of Iggy’s ears look like the Eyes of Evil?
See, as soon as I mention that, he’s trying to hide them. Also, we probably need to speak to the RSPCA about the mutt’s treatment. From deserts to something far watery:
I’m entirely with the teacher on this~poi. It’s bloody annoying after the first use each episode~poi.
Frankly, I find a katsu curry that size to be far more appealing than anything in Gourmet Girl Graffiti. Akagi for instant best girl. Next, magical boys!
Sadly, yes it does. I have first hand experience of this.
A true sign of an untrustworthy character. Now for Maria the Virgin Witch:
Kind of a Ghibli face there. Although the following content is far less kid-friendly than the average Ghibli fare.
And a detailed report from a busy succubus backs me up there. Oh, those aching jaws. 0_o
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So what we have here is a real witch with a real Dragonslave. Move over, Lina Inverse.
See, now this one line (with ‘virgin’ replaced by any one of a hundred other words) is a line to live by.
And that’s one value you’d maybe have been better keeping to yourself, dear. Next up: Death Parade:
He looks like Ginko (Mushishi). This week’s episode, showing last week’s from the other side (and proving I was right about Matchy), really kicked the show into “must see” territory. Show of the Season so far. And that OP’s awesome, both song and animation. Rolling onwards to The Rolling Girls…
Nope, not seeing a downside to that. A brief foray into the world of Samurai Warriors:
Headgear looks like it would be great for TV reception. Didn’t even make it through the full episode here, though, and if I’m ever dicatator of the world, suggesting YET ANOTHER faux-historical samurai show will be punishable by death. Even if it’s with cute, barely-dressed teenage girls instead of manly men. Dropped. Shirobako is next:
Speaking of dictatorships and death penalties, there’s another one: harping about ‘take responsiblity!’. Usually uttered by the biggest arsehole on-screen at the time. Aaargh.
I suspect this is a little foreshadowing for how this production is going to turn out… Next: World Break (not bothering with the full title there either..):
Dictator / death offence #3. If I ever get that power, the anime business is doomed.
At this point, I think every action series this season is devaluing.
YOU SEE MY POINT!?
Yatterman Night go straight for the “that seems like a remarkably bad idea” plan…
while Yuri Kuma Arashi tells me far more than I needed to know. And with that, we’re done for this week. See you next…
